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Salem decided he would only punish those who went back on their word, it was time to start recruiting those from the dying Curon clan into his own forces. He had consulted the system on mounts for them and it was relatively easy to make a simplified version of what he had done for the centipedes.Taking six wild elks they had found, two male and four female, he changed them with his bloodline. This method wouldn't be as intense, all he needed to do was change and breed them, the elves would be able to tame and train them on their own.The change to the elks was the opposite of the silver demons, the elks had black fur with silver horns, eyes, and hooves. They looked elegant in their new form until one stumbled, it would take them a few days to get used to the enhanced body senses and slightly larger size, the change to their size wasn't as explosive which would be a good thing.No one needed giant elks walking about the mountains, shaking his head, Salem let out the notice that he needed beast tamers, archery masters, and many other masters of all crafts to come to the palace.The meeting of these masters was quick and to the point, they would be working in the academy that would be built once the materials were purchased from their neighbors. They were actually quite willing to teach the future generation, they would also be compensated for their services quite handsomely which would be needed to help their own families find a footing.The next group arrived after the craftsman and teachers of the academy left, these were the warriors who had survived the a.s.sault from the undead. They bent the knee as soon as the words, "I need an army," left his lips. A young commander stood at the front, he was taller than Salem by a head and quite robust for an elf, this elf was Udein and he was to be named general of the elven armies.Salem reached out his arm which Udein grasped with his own arm and looked into the bright green eyes that seemed to peer into his very soul, "I Salem Belegast hereby grant you the t.i.tle, General Udein, and charge you with protecting our kin. What say you?"Salem's voice echoed in the hall with power that seemed to shake the fabric of s.p.a.ce."I Udein, son of Ulein, accept this responsibility and swear to defend our people and destroy our enemies. Living or Dead, they will fall beneath our feet!"Salem nodded and smiled, the warriors behind Udein slammed their spears down in salute of their leaders' promotion. "Your first order will be to get trained, any weapons and armor will be provided by the palace. Find all the elks you can and feed them these blue pearls, take them to the stables first though and have them trained for your mounts.There will be clans arriving at an entrance at the base of the mountains to the southeast, your first mission will be to ride out and bring them home, you have a week to prepare your mounts and arms for war.
My personal guards will meet you at the entrance with the wraith army to reinforce you. If you need aid before you get there, send back one of my crows, it will let me know if anything is wrong. Too long have our people been divided, I will make them whole once more."Udein nodded and received the orders, it explained where the barracks was, along with certain secret tunnels that made their way in and out of the mountain. He ordered the men to go hunt the elk while pa.s.sing out the blue pearls and the instructions to bring them home before feeding them.Seeing everything was on schedule Salem summoned Jennah to the study room, he showed her the secret entrances and told her to take the other shades to collect more undead along with their apprentices, once they returned, they would begin using the soul energy in the tree to help advance them to the rank of squire.She kissed him lightly on the cheek and ran out the door, excited to get back to work, the guards were warriors after all and they longed to hone their skills.During the next week, all anyone could see from the palace were guards coming and going with thousands of hooded warriors arriving, no one knew who they were but once they left the palace there would be the Belegast crest upon their weapons and armors.Most believed them to be hidden warriors that Lord Belegast had summoned from afar, and in a way, he had pulled these warriors to his side. They were timeless, they would be the cannon fodder for this small plane, and being undead he could use the corpses of his enemies to bolster his own armies. With the influx of undead, his skill in the